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UP THE CREEK: Installing a Framed Wood Trestle - part 2 A regular report on the construction of a 1950s-something layout
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A wooden trestle spans Baynes Valley on the BC&SJ. Here’s the history of that location on my layout ...
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ast month I described preparing the benchwork around the site of a bridge, building up basic landforms, and got into the construction of the trestle itself.
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This month I’ll install diagonal bracing and guard timbers on the trestle and update the scenery under and around it.
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You may have the impression that I assembled and installed this trestle all at one time. Not true. The Baynes Valley trestle was in service for two years without diagonal bracing and guard timbers before I finished it.
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Page 85 • Issue 11-04 • Apr 2011 • Up the Creek column, page 1
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